Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio /
Drawing on personal interviews and rich archival material from the Grand Ole Opry, Kristine M. McCusker examines the gendered politics of these images through the lives and careers of six women performers: Linda Parker, the Girls of the Golden West (Milly and Dolly Good), Lily May Ledford, Minnie Pe...
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Urbana :
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Women, the barn dance radio genre, and the roots of the country and western music industry
- "Family songs of surpassing sweetness" : vaudeville, Appalachia, technology, and the emergence of barn dance radio
- "Bury me beneath the willow" : Jeanne Muenich, Linda Parker, and the appearance of southern female characters on barn dance stages
- "Hey, hey, hey, the Hayloft G ang is here" : Lulu Belle Wiseman and the emergence of the professional radio barn dance
- "Will there be any yodelers in heaven?" : the Girls of the Golden West and selling the stage
- Banjo pickin' girl : Lily May Ledford, the Roosevelts, and constructing national identity
- "Howdee! I'm jes so proud t'be here" : Sarah Colley Cannon (better known as Minnie Pearl), World War II, and the Grand Ole Opry
- "Oh carry me back to the mountains" : Rose Lee Maphis and laboring on the air
- Coda : Barn dance radio's new friend, Loretta Lynn.
